Re: Best OS for Postgres 8.2

Bill Moran wrote:
> In response to "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>:
>
>> David Levy wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am about to order a new server for my Postgres cluster. I will
>>> probably get a Dual Xeon Quad Core instead of my current Dual Xeon.
>>> Which OS would you recommend to optimize Postgres behaviour (i/o
>>> access, multithreading, etc) ?
>>>
>>> I am hesitating between Fedora Core 6, CentOS and Debian. Can anyone
>>> help with this ?
>> Well you just described three linux distributions, which is hardly a
>> question about which OS to use ;). I would stick with the long supported
>> versions of Linux, thus CentOS 5, Debian 4, Ubuntu Dapper.
>
> There used to be a prominent site that recommended FreeBSD for Postgres.
> Don't know if that's still recommended or not -- but bringing it up is
> likely to start a Holy War.

Heh... I doubt it will start a war. FreeBSD is a good OS. However, I
specifically noted the Dual Xeon Quad Core, which means, 8 procs. It is
my understanding (and I certainly could be wrong) that FreeBSD doesn't
handle SMP nearly as well as Linux (and Linux not as well as Solaris).

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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